…to it, Supreme Allied Commander is even better. Politics aside for a moment, what title is cooler than Supreme Allied Commander? Picture yourself in a social situation trying to strike…
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Some things fit and some things don’t; but of the things that don’t, maybe I understand them better*
…meetings with Christian prayers delivered by local clergyman after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for such invocations in a 5-4 vote last month. Mayor Mike Fitzgerald defended his…
“It’s The Economy, Stupid!”: The Iranian Presidential Election
…line clerics and the supreme leader, Ali, Khamenei. Many view Raisi as a potential successor to Khamenei. In the Iranian system the Supreme Jurisprudent, Khameinei, has control over the judiciary…
On Gerrymandering: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”
…in the proportion [thereto]….” In view of the GOP Supreme Court majority deciding that partisan gerrymandering is a “political question” beyond the purview of the courts, I want to take…
A history, the Right to “bear arms” meant to be part of an organized militia
…before the Supreme Court as Printz v. United States, the Supreme Court declared parts of the measure unconstitutional. Now a player in national politics, the NRA was awash in money…
The Danger From Within
…Rucho v. Common Cause decision. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is no friend of democracy. Home » You searched for label/Supreme court ethics » Page 61 Judges, Ideologues, Dogmatics,…
The Trumpification of Xi Jinping
…5-year term. Starting in 1993 the system established with the accession of Jiang Zamen in 1993, a new pattern appeared that the Supreme Leader (a title Deng was granted by…
Commonwealth Citizen loses Federal Benefit Available in Other Countries
…Washington Monthly United States v. Vaello-Madero – Harvard Law Review 20-303 United States v. Vaello Madero (04/21/2022) (supremecourt.gov) Supreme Court seems divided over Puerto Rico’s exclusion from federal benefits (nbcnews.com)…
Roasting McConnell and his attacks on SCOTUS Independence
…the court by refusing to allow former President Barack Obama to fill a Supreme Court seat in his final year as President. McConnell has called the decision “one of my…
Originalism
If one were to look in the U.S. Constitution for the meaning of ‘Originalism’, they wouldn’t find it. It’s not there. It wasn’t anywhere until the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown…